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  • Kepier Hospital. Founded early 12th century by Bishop Flambard who endowed it with lands for the purpose of making provision for the salary of the clerk officiating in the Church of St. Giles and for te maintanance of the poor. Bishop Pudsey later added to its endowments.
  • Printed appeal for an endowment fund
  • Printed appeal for an endowment fund
  • Head of a man endowed, according to Lavater, with the capacity for profound thought. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Biographical history of Gonville and Caius College, 1349-[1972] : containing a list of all known members of the college from the foundation to the present time, with biographical notes / Compiled by John Venn.
  • Biographical history of Gonville and Caius College, 1349-[1972] : containing a list of all known members of the college from the foundation to the present time, with biographical notes / Compiled by John Venn.
  • Birkenhead's angel of mercy sends X'mas greetings to her friends in Birkenhead and Wirral and appeals again for Birkenhead General Hospital.
  • Leigh Browne Trust ... : 3, Victoria Street, London, S.W.
  • Boer War: a military hospital ward with patient in the "Alexandra" bed donated by the Princess of Wales. Process print after J. Hall Edwards, 1900.
  • Front and reverse of four coin-like objects known as 'royal touch pieces' which were given by royal personages to people suffering from the king's evil (scrofula). Etching.
  • Mayo College, Ajmer, Rajasthan: the Kotah Sanitarium and nuses' quarters. Photograph by Guerra & Sons, 1916.
  • A woman from the island of Tanna, with her baby, encountered by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • A Brahmin praying to Vishnu, pouring water on the saligram. Lithograph.
  • A tall lean woman having a discussion with an obese man. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1802.
  • Henri IV of France touching the head of a kneeling man for the king's evil (scrofula). Line engraving.
  • Charles II touching a patient for the king's evil (scrofula) surrounded by courtiers, clergy and general public. Engraving by R. White.
  • Zerah Colburn, a mental calculator, as a child. Stipple engraving by H. Meyer, 1813, after T.H. Hull.
  • The death of Orpheus: Orpheus is seen defending himself on one knee against the Thracian women, who assault him with clubs, while a child escapes to the left. Heliogravure after an engraving.
  • Two Australian aborigines performing a ceremony with a magical stick to make another person ill. Halftone.
  • Henry Solomon Wellcome: three-quarter length. Oil painting by Hugh Goldwin Riviere, 1906.
  • Henry Solomon Wellcome: three-quarter length. Oil painting by Hugh Goldwin Riviere, 1906.
  • Henry Solomon Wellcome: three-quarter length. Oil painting by Hugh Goldwin Riviere, 1906.
  • St. Paul's school: facade. Etching by B. Howlett, 1825, after J. Baker.
  • A bereaved mother mourning her dead daughter in a graveyard, stricken with remorse for having treated her harshly in her lifetime. Engraving by R.L. Wright.
  • Aske's Hospital, Shoreditch, London: the facade. Engraving.